Mauroniscidae is a family of cleroid beetles, formerly included in the family Melyridae. There are presently five or six genera and roughly 30 described species in Mauroniscidae, all of which are native to the Americas.Mayor, A.J., Chaboo, C.S. (2015) Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A survey of the families. Mauroniscidae Majer, 1994. J. Kansas Ent. Soc. 88: 215-216. Almost nothing is known about their biology.Lawrence, John F.. "9.10. Mauroniscidae Majer, 1994". Volume 2 Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), edited by Willy Kükenthal, Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 2011, pp. 271-273.
Genera Amecomycter Majer, 1995 Mauroniscus Bourgeois, 1911 Mecomycter Horn, 1882 Mectemycor Majer, 1995 Scuromanius Majer, 1995
Incertae sedis in Mauroniscidae Dasyrhadus Fall, 1910
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